Safety-razor.



H. J. GASMAN.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.15, 1909.

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ASSIGNOR TO AUT() STROP COMPANY, OIF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

SAFETY -RAZOEL Application led October 15 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known t-hat I, HENRY J. GAIsMAN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of N ew York city, borough of Manhattan, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Safety-Razors, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means for adjustingthe guard of a safety razor toward and from the blade edge, and forholding the guard in positions of adjustment.

ln carrying out my invention I provide a frame or support having ahandle, a guard or blade seat provided with an extension having twoadjacent members pivotallysupported, and a worm journaled upon the frameor handle and coacting with said members, whereby the guard may beadjusted with respect to the blade edge and will be retainedA in setposition.

Further details of improvement embraced within my invention will be morefully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,wherein,-

Figure 1 is a rear View of a safety razor embodying my invention; Fig. 2is a similar sectional side view; Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 3,showing the parts in a different position; Fig. 5 is a detailperspective of part of the guard or blade seat, and Fig. 6 is a detailsection of a modification.

A suitable frame is indicated at l and is shown provided with uprightsla spaced apart and supporting a rod or shaft Q to which a suitableblade holder 3 is attached, the arrangement shown being such that astrop may be passed through the frame beneath blade 4. The guard crblade seat 5 may generally be of any suitable construction, and is shownhaving blade engaging lugsI or hooks 5X and also provided with anextension 5fL that passes through an opening Specification. of LettersPatent.

C in handle 6, to have freedom of movement in said opening. Extension .7has two adjaj cent members or branches 5*. 5': shown loj cated withinhandle 6 and provided with a bore or bearing 5d receiving a pin or rod 7l passing through handle C, whereby the I guard is pivotally supported.The adjacent members or branches 5b, 5C may be formed Patented Apr.. 9,1912.

Serial No. 522,712.

outer end with a linger piece l1, which may be provided at its outercorners with projecting ears 11 for convenience in operating the samebythe finger. Worm is shown provided with threads 10a receiving a nut 12,

l whereby the worm is rotatively and movably supported. In assemblingthe parts the members 5b, 5 are passed through the opening 6a and pin 7is passed through bore 5d; then the worm is passed through the threadsof members 5", 5 and through the bearings in the handle and retained inposition.

In using the device, when the Worm is rotated i-n one direction, theguard wil-l be moved forwardly, as in Fig. 4, to release the bladefrom'the hooks or lugs 5X, whereby' the blade may be swung upwardly andremoved or replaced, cleaned or stropped, and when the worm is rotatedin the opposite direction, the blade being placed upon the guard orseat, the latter will be moved inwardly to retain the blade in positionwith respect to the guard, as in Fig. 3. As the worm operatessimultaneously upon the adjacent meinbers 5b, 5 of the guard extensionthe tendency will be to cause the worm to be held firmly by frictionalengagement with the threads 9, 9 as to retain the guard or blade seatsecurely in set position by reason of the independent movement permittedthe mem-- bers 5", 5, as distinguished from the action of a worm in asingle nut, whereby looseness between the threads of the nut and theworm or screw might arise.

lvhile I have illustrated a practical embodiment of my invention, itwill be under? stood that changes may be made, within the scope of theappended claims, without departing from the spirit thereof.

ln this application I do not broadly claim a guard having an extensionpivotally supi ported bv or within the handle and operated by a worm.since that subject matter is embraced in my application for safetyrazors, tiled September 4:, 1909, Serial No. 516,165.

Having now described my invention what I claim is l. A safety razorcomprising a blade support, a guard or blade seat provided with anextension having a pair ot adjacent separated members, a pivot'supporting said members, and a worm working in threads in said members.

2. A safety razor comprising a blade support, a blade seat or guardprovided with an extension having a plurality of adjacent membersprovided with alined threads, means to movably support said members, aworm coacting with said threads, and means to retain the blade upon theblade seat or guard.

3. A safety razor comprising a blade support having a handle providedwith an opening, a guard having an extension passing freely through saidopening and provided with a plurality of adjacent members, means formovably supporting said members, and a Worm Working in threads in saidmembers.

4. A safety razor comprising a frame provided With a pivotally supportedblade holder and Vhaving a handle provided with an opening, a guardhaving an extension passing through said opening and provided with apair of adjacent substantially parallel members, means on the handlepivotally supporting said extension, and a worm working in threads ineach oi said members.

5. A safety razor comprising a frame provided with blade supportingmeans, a guard having an extension and provided with a pair of adjacentmembers having a bore at the lower' part and alined threaded openingsabove said bore, a pin entering said bore to pivotally support theguard, and a worm working in the threads of said members.

6. A safety razor comprising a blade support, a guard provided with apivotally supported extension, and .a worm Working in threads providedon said extension, said worm having a handle provided with opposedoutwardly extending ears spaced apart.

7. A safety razor comprising a frame having a blade support, a guardhaving an eX- tension passing into the handle and pivotally supportedtherein, and a worm journaled upon said handle and working in threadsupon said extensiomsaidworm having a handle at one end and a nut at theopposite end.y

, 8. A safety razor comprising a blade support, a guard provided withblade retaining means, means for pivotally supporting the guard, a worm,means for pivotally supporting the worm, complemental means on the armcoacting with -the worm, and means `for retaining said worm in setposition.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 11th day of October, A. D. 1909.

HENRY J. GAlSMAN.

lV itnesses 2 MAX Davis, E. E. lHARD.

